Mother’s Milk

 

 

Serbia

18′, 2022.

DIRECTED BY

Isaac Knights-Washbourn

PRODUCED BY

Dejan Petrović, Nađa Lapčević

SCRIPTWRITER

Isaac Knights-Washbourn

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Antonio Pozojević

EDITED BY

Ivana Pejak 

 

 
 

    In the hills of western Serbia, Dragica begins her workday on the farm by milking her cow. It is the journey of the milk into food that reveals her dedication to her family both past and present. Dressed in black, in the wake of her mother’s passing, Dragica battles with the weight of legacy that has been handed down to her. As she provides for loved ones a cloud of doubt hovers above her, continue in her mother’s footsteps or leave behind that which was bequeathed to her? Observing her ritualistic labour and devotion from sunrise to sunset, we are taken on a journey within the confines of her fences.

 


Isaac Knights-Washbourn is a New Zealand director based in Edinburgh. He has BA in Film from The University of Auckland where he directed his first short documentary Dominion. His short film, Money Honey, premiered at the 70th Berlinale.